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Seven ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Africa, after the continent of Africa. Two others were planned:
Nine ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Albion after Albion, an archaic name for Great Britain:
Five ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Hebe, after the Greek goddess Hebe.
Thirteen vessels of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Mohawk, after the Mohawk, an indigenous tribe of North America:
Sixteen ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Mermaid after the mermaid:
Six ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Amethyst, whilst another was planned:
Thirteen ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Shark after the shark:
Fifteen ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Ranger
Seven ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Hawke, after an archaic spelling of the bird, the hawk. Two of the later ships were named after Edward Hawke, 1st Baron Hawke, whilst another was planned:
Several ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Egmont:
Eleven ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Firebrand.
Eleven ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Hawk after the bird of prey, the hawk:
Six ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Arrogant, or HMS Arrogante, whilst another was planned:
Four ships of Royal Navy have been named HMS Malta after the Mediterranean island:
Two ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Leith, after the historic Scottish port of Leith:
Seven ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Princess, HMS Princesse or HMS Princessa:
Thirty-nine vessels of the Royal Navy and its predecessors have borne the name Swallow, as has one dockyard craft, one naval vessel of the British East India Company, and at least two revenue cutters, all after the bird, the Swallow:
Six ships of the Royal Navy and one naval base have borne the name HMS Stag:
At least six vessels of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Netley, named for the village of Netley.
HMS Arethusa was a 46-gun Leda-class fifth-rate frigate built for the Royal Navy during the 1810s. The ship was never commissioned and was converted into a lazarette in 1836. She was renamed HMS Bacchus in 1844 and was further converted into a coal hulk in 1851–52. The ship was sold for scrap in 1883.
References
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